It's a slab of wood, with letters engraved on it. Moving the provided wooden pointer according to subconcious ghost- provoked impulse will point to letters, forming a message.

Unlike the Ouija Board, this device will contact only the ghosts of those who were never born; useful for chatting up Emperor Norton II or Alan Turing's daughter. However, the letters are unfortunately all in the Voynich Manuscript language, and therefore all messages are indecipherable.
-- Hive_Mind, Jun 12 2012

Qsû{œl uÇåblï

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-- Alterother, Jun 12 2012


Turing was one of the brightest minds of the 20th century and one of Apple's early victims, wasn't he?
-- UnaBubba, Jun 12 2012


//one of Apple's early victims,

That is so dreadful...
-- not_morrison_rm, Jun 12 2012


Not enough cog steps, surely.
-- wjt, Jun 12 2012


I doubt this would actually operate as stated. [-]
-- sqeaketh the wheel, Jun 12 2012


But a ouija board would, [squeak]?
-- UnaBubba, Jun 12 2012


Now I'm wondering if nonnein boards are used at deboutances.
-- Phrontistery, Jun 14 2012



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